Generation Rent
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Regulation & Law
Generation Rent makes latest controversial attack on landlords
This time group says cash incentives given to private landlords to rent out homes to vulnerable people is a 'rigging of the system'.
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Ministers told to scrap deposit scheme system by influential group
Generation Rent says multiple official providers and unclear rules on deductions and a slow dispute system are unfair to tenants.
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Regulation & Law
Petition signed by 57,000 calling for rent controls delivered to PM
The petition, organised by Generation Rent and fronted by a single mum who landlord imposed a 20% rent increase, is now in the hands of No.10.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords must not ‘trouser’ higher rents following EPC upgrades
Rent activist group warns that publicly funded improvements to private rental properties could end up pushing up rents and 'enriching' landlords.
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Campaign group calls up ‘tenant army’ to police landlords
Generation Rent demands tougher enforcement of new RRB rules, claiming cash-strapped councils can't cope.
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‘Expect more tenants to fight back after renting reforms go live’
Survey reveals tenants believe they will be able to challenge landlords more easily after RRB is made law.
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Rent caps are ‘common sense’ claims tenant pressure group
Generation Rent says rent controls in England are essential to protect tenants – and rogue landlords should face penalties or banning orders.
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‘RRB hasn’t gone far enough’ – Generation Rent
The pressure group has welcomed the passing of RRB through the House of Commons on Tuesday but says it is still ‘disappointed’.
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Activists urge renters to back more radical PRS reforms
Generation Rent wants people to lobby their local MP and urge them to back amendments to Renters Rights' Bill that would go further than current proposals.
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Influential lobby group dismisses landlords’ concerns over Renters’ Rights Bill
Generation Rent tells the BBC that landlords make so much money they can afford to absorb any extra costs from Renters' Rights Bill.
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